I'd install Java 6 in a separate path, side by side with the current 1.4install. Later if you want it to make the default, you just symlink the install. This way if anything goes wrong you can always go back to the last known working configuration.
ARS uses Java components in several places, for example the web service plugin, the Mid-Tier and the email engine all require a supported Java install. For 7.1 you'll need Java 5, I'm not sure if 6 is also supported but you can check the compatibility matrix for that. Hugo On 9/21/07, Dwayne Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > We are upgrading from ARS 7.0.1 to 7.1 (Red-Hat Linux server, Oracle 10.2db). > > The ARS compatibility matrix shows 7.0.1 as compatible with Java 1.4.2,50. > > The 7.1 Email Engine requires 1.5 or higher. > > If we upgrade to Java 1.6 in preparation for the ARS upgrade, will our > present Email Engine stop working? How about ARS itself? > > The ARSD 7.1 installer asks for a Java directory. (I can't remember if > 7.0.1 does. I don't see it in the installing manual.) What role does Java > play in basic ARS, as opposed to the Email Engine? > > Should we put Java 1.6 in a new folder and point the 7.1 installer to it, > and keep our present folder till the upgrade is finished? > > Basically, how do you prepare Java for 7.1 without sabotaging your present > 7.0.1 system? > > Dwayne Martin > Computing Support > James Madison University > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where > the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
